Dead Grog:

Secretary's Notes:

Group wakes alive and unbetrayed. Travel resumed toward Anzion. Further evidence of Nikostas & Co's passage obtained at small village.

Ambush by bandits a couple of hours past village. Bandits attempted to negotiate toll for passage; Kosmas initiated battle instead. Leucas badly injured by arrow, but not maimed. Anthoon javelins largest warrior in the head, killing him. Bandits flee. Ring with precious stone obtained from large warrior. Group's pack horse flees during battle; Kosmas spends two hours tracking and recovering the animal.

Group continues on. Kosmas spies Nikostas on a hilltop, insists on searching for him. No Nikostas nor evidence of Nikostas is found, however, straggling bandits are following the group. Insults are shouted, revenge for "Grog" is sworn by now-smaller band of bandits. Bandits avoid engaging group directly.

Group reaches Anzion, modest town of about 200 people along the Thannes river. Most of the town is on the far side of the river. In town, Group hears of passage of Nikostas and crew. Two days earlier they had arrived and coerced a farmer to take them across the river. Anzion residents are angry and resentful, but did not pursue the offenders. Group sleeps at a farmstead for the night.

Kosmas picks up the trail of Nik & Co and group resumes pursuit. Kosmas finds a campsite, at which the trail becomes confused. Group concludes that Leusa escaped from campsite and fled, pursued by N & Co sometime later. Group follows trail and becomes lost, eventually making their way to a village. They find that Leusa did escape and made it to this village (no name), home to her brother Pheneus. Pheneus, Leusa, and one of Pheneus's friends left the village and headed northwest to the town of Tychaia where Leusa can be protected. Group continues to follow this trail of Leusa, soon finding evidence of Nikostas on the same trail, presumably in pursuit of Leusa.

Group encounters travelling merchants headed to Tychaia. Iason buys a jug of whiskey. Negotiations for sale of Grog's ring are attempted, but Iason notices some surreptitious signaling between the merchants, and the offer of 15 silver pieces is rejected.